Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On April - 15 jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.  

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.  

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on April - 15.  

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on April - 15.  

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.  

1793  On this day in history death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on this day in history.  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.  

1853  On this day in history johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.  

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  On this day in history death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.